Teaching Middle School ELA
Teaching Middle School ELA
Caitlin Mitchell
Episode 387: Monday Mindset: Trust Your Decisions (Even When Everyone Else Has Opinions)
13 minutes Posted Feb 2, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Welcome And Purpose Of Monday Mindset
The Case For Trusting Yourself
Social Media And Second Guessing
Trusting Decisions Amid Outside Opinions
Real-Class Example: Stick With What Works
Building The Pause And Alignment Check
Weekly Challenge And Closing Encouragement
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Today's Monday Mindset episode, we explore how to quiet outside noise and trust our professional judgment, especially when admin directives and social media trends collide with what we know works. We share a simple pause-and-align framework, a real classroom example, and a weekly challenge to build self-trust. • why trusting our own decisions matters • how social media erodes confidence • recognizing advice as context-bound opinion • the pause, align, decide framework • integrating mandates ...